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Robert Duffy

 
Sr. MD, Northeast Region Leader - Boston - FTI Palladium Partners
 
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Company Name : FTI Palladium Partners
 
Company Website : www.ftipalladiumpartners.com
 
Company Address : 100 N. Tryon St.
Ste. 3350, Charlotte, NC,
United States,
 
Robert Duffy Profile :
Sr. MD, Northeast Region Leader - Boston - FTI Palladium Partners
 
Robert Duffy Biography :

Bob Duffy is a senior managing director and the Northeast region leader of FTI's Corporate Finance practice and is based in Boston. Mr. Duffy has nearly 20 years of experience serving as an advisor to corporations, creditors, boards of directors and shareholders of underperforming businesses and companies in transition. He has led project teams that have helped clients revitalize operations, implement operational improvements and reposition businesses for future growth.

Mr. Duffy's corporate finance and restructuring experience includes assisting companies and their creditors in achieving the successful restructuring of both senior notes and debentures. He has been instrumental in the creation of comprehensive business plans, design of cash flow forecasting systems, development of strategic business alliances and implementation of action plans to increase cash flow, reduce working capital requirements and maximize shareholder value.

On behalf of his clients, Mr. Duffy has led the negotiation efforts between creditors and debtors, prepared and analyzed strategic business plans, evaluated proposed joint ventures, valued businesses, developed restructuring alternatives, completed viability studies and prepared detailed financial projections. In addition, Mr. Duffy has assessed existing and proposed strategic business alliances, negotiated for the sale of entire companies and the divestiture of noncore subsidiaries, prepared detailed liquidation analyses, refinanced senior and junior loan facilities and evaluated and negotiated plans of reorganization.

Mr. Duffy has substantial experience in a number of industries as a result of leading successful out-of-court and Chapter 11 restructurings for companies with operations in both the United States and throughout the world. He has significant experience in the specialty retail, heavy and light manufacturing, automotive, specialty chemical, technology, banking and service industry sectors.

Prior to joining FTI in 2002, Mr. Duffy was a partner with the U.S. division of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Business Recovery Services practice. Before that, he spent four years working for the Bayer Corporation.

Mr. Duffy has given speeches and presentations at conferences, seminars and forums throughout the United States. Some of his topics include "Business Lawyering for Troubled Companies-Getting It Right When the Client's Survival Is at Stake," "Bankruptcy Remote Lending: Will It Survive the Wall Street Shakeout?," "High Technology Reorganizations," "Protecting your Company's Life Line: Dealing with Troubled Suppliers," "Revitalization of Troubled Companies," "Understanding the Financing Structures Available to Restructure Your Portfolio," "Practical Advice for Managing the Cash Burn," and "Assessing the Fundamental Causes and the Likelihood of a Turnaround of a Company in Distress." He has also been an adjunct professor at F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Mr. Duffy holds a B.S. in finance from Babson College and an M.B.A. in finance, management policy and marketing from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency Accountants.

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The Journal of Corporate Renewal The Turnaround Pro's Role in Accessing Nontraditional Capital Sources 2007.

 
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